Waiter or tray



(No Model.)

G. D. BURTON. WAITEROB. TRAY.

Patented-slept; 25.1883.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. BURTON, OF NEW IPSWIOH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WAITER OR TRAY.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,386, dated September 25, 1883.

Application filed August 17. 1853. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D; BURTON, of

New Ipswich, county of Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in a Waiter or Tray, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,'is a specification, like spoons, napkins, sugar, or other articles, and

the upper bottom has a series of openings to receive the glasses or decanters, holding them steadily, so that they are not likely to fall off and be broken or their contents spilled.

Figure 1 is a plan view of awaiter embodying this invention furnished with glasses and bottles; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, partly in section; and Fig. 3, a partial plan view with the glasses removed. y

The waiter A (shown as supported on an ornamental .foot or stand, B, and provided with a handle, C) has a horizontal portion or main bottom, a, and a secondary or false-bottom, b, inclosing a space or chamber between them, which is devided by partions c int`o several receptacles having covers e, which may be labeled, as shown in Fig. 1, to indicate the contents of the said receptacles, they containing spoons, napkins, and sugar, or other articles which are likely to be needed. The secondary or false bottom b is provided with a series of openings, f and g, the former to receive the glasses h, occupying the whole of one end of the waiter, and the latter to receive vthe bottles or decanters i, occupying a portion of the other end of the waiter, which is also provided with a tray, m, in which the glass may be1 placed while the liquors are being poured out and mixed, the said tray receiving any liquor which may be spilled, ,so that the remainder of the waiter is always kept clean.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a waiter having a main and secondary bottom independent receptacles in the said space to hold different articles, the upper or secondary bottom having a series of openings to receive 'and steady glasses and decanters or bottles,

as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to .this specification `in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` GEO. D. BURTON. Witnesses:

.l os. l?. LrvERMoRE,

W. H. SIGsToN.

inclosing a space between them, a series of 

